Red Star Dana garnered 1-5 favouritism from the Fraser Downs’ faithful on Sunday afternoon as she took on – and then proceeded to clobber - five female foes in the $32,500 Stallion Stakes Final for four-year-old mares
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Serge Masse wasted no time hustling Red Star Dana to immediate command, and she strolled through panels of :28.1, :58.3 and 1:27.3 before firing home in :29.1 to win the featured event by two lengths in 1:56.4. Millbanks Paper, who enjoyed a pocket trip throughout, was next best. Estrella Roja took home the show dough.
It was the biggest payday to date for the daughter of Bilateral-Musical Journey, who is owned and trained by Michael Bourgeois of Surrey, BC. The eight-time winner has stashed away in excess of $69,000 to date.
Just one race earlier on the Sunday afternoon program, Western Bee used an identical tactical approach to capture the $12,500 Fillies and Mares Open for trainer/driver J.F. Gagne.
The five-year-old daughter of As Promised-Flaming Princess, who was a 1:54.2 in last week’s edition of the class, front-stepped through splits of :27.1, :57.1 and 1:25.4 before using a :29.2 final frame to stop the teletimer in 1:55.1 as a 9-1 outsider. She was a neck better than the pocket-sitting Rossridge Fortune. Lickcreek Jazzy took home the show dough.
Ringneck Enterprises Ltd and James Sutherland of Calgary, AB share ownership on the 10-time winner who has banked more than $102,000 in her career.
To view results for Sunday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Sunday Results – Fraser Downs.